Suggested features for the droppings

what about replies to the blocked user? would you see those?

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agreed.

many other sites have this feature.

but you blocking them should not stop them from seeing you UNLESS they block you. they would still be able to reply to you but you would never see it anyway so who cares?

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Eh. If you want to just remove the sludge from a bunch of stupid threads it would be better to just remove entirely from view the usual suspects from their endless back and forth arguments and stupid trolls.

There's really only a few of them and if we aren't cleaning up the boards by banning morons it sort of becomes the only option

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The ability to block all interactions (you can't see their posts and they can't see yours) with a poster you flag

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Or, be an adult that knows how to ignore what you don’t care for

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it would be better to just remove entirely from view the usual suspects from their endless back and forth arguments and stupid trolls.

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That's the issue

Because we don't ban morons who spam or troll the nonsense outweighs the worthwhile stuff by so much that the boards are unusable

It allows people to self regulate or filter for the content they think is actually worth reading. It would also eliminate the majority of the poster complaining about other posters (that would annoy me if I were Chicken).

This is a common feature for other media and it removes all sorts of friction between shitheads

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This is a message board that includes things you don’t like or agree with.

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Well, if that's the only way you want to conceive of my motivation we won't be able to get any further. I'll try again to explain what my preferences are intended to improve.

We have a problem with certain posters on certain boards who argue for days and days and just destroy conversation for the general interest. For years really I've just tried the ignore thing but more and more I realized I don't click on subjects or threads I'm interested in because I know they will be consumed with shitposting and stupid petty arguments between the usual suspects.

The idea that this is an intolerance of other ideas is a logical assumption but inaccurate. I typically at least partially sympathize with the point of view of one or more of the participants more than the other (but find both obnoxious ). More importantly the actual discussion of a movie or whatever is impossible because everyone else seems to give up trying while 2-4 people call each other names.

If there's a block tool it creates some positive incentives. It allows those small number of people to go at it in their perpetual cage match but allows the rest of the people talking about a movie or game or current event to still have a normal conversation. We have lots of threads and subjects where this has become essentially impossible because you'll have 20 posts on a page and more than fifteen are just a handful of people insulting each other and using ad hominem attacks

It isn't an intolerance of other ideas I'm worried about. It is the absence of real content from them. They're just infants throwing snot and feces.

We don't allow pornography. We don't allow threats. We don't allow copyright infringement. We don't allow doxing. Let's allow some personal filters so people can read threads they are interested in without having to wade through the infants engaged in mud wrestling

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The ability to block all interactions (you can't see their posts and they can't see yours) with a poster you flag

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Sorta like a TD Ignore Function: Browser Script That Lets You Ignore Posters

I think someone may have been working on this, but ran into trouble

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but you blocking them should not stop them from seeing you UNLESS they block you. they would still be able to reply to you but you would never see it anyway so who cares?

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Me cos if someone roasts me without me knowing and striking back, then it will look like I lost the flame war in the court of public opinion. And I just can't have that.